[GHC] #14097: -ddump-json doesn't interact as expected with -ddump-to-file

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#14097: -ddump-json doesn't interact as expected with -ddump-to-file
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        Reporter:  mpickering        |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.2.1
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:  JSON
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Comment (by mpickering):

 Well, the real problem here is that the way things are currently
 engineered, `-ddump-json` collects error messages for the entire
 compilation and then dumps them in one go. `dumpSDoc` is set up to dump
 things on a per-module basis, as such the log files are given the name of
 the current module they are dumping. Perhaps a better design for `-ddump-
 json` would be to output a JSON log on a module-by-module basis rather
 than collecting all the output.

 This would complicate the implementation a little as the messages would
 need to be sorted by module.

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